Wood worth Tk 36 lakh burnt in kilns everyday

  • 18/05/2001

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)

About 70,000 maunds of wood valued at Taka 36,00,000 as fuel is being used everyday in 250 brick fields of Tangail district of Bangladesh. Trees valued at Taka 10 crores are burnt in kilns everyday as it is less costly than coal for burning bricks, according to some brick field owners.